Working Student – Aircraft Mass Tracking & Analysis (all genders)

ABOUT THE ROLE

Help turn evolving aircraft designs into clear, traceable engineering data. You will support ERC’s aircraft development by improving how we define configurations, track mass and maintain the models used for aircraft sizing.

Working closely with our engineering teams, you will build practical tools and processes, establish clear data ownership and identify mass risks throughout preliminary design. Your work makes visible how mass and configuration evolve, who owns each input and how reliable the estimates are.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop consistent methods for collecting, reviewing and updating component and system masses, distinguishing estimates, supplier data and measured values

• Help set up mass budgets for aircraft zones and systems, track allocations and margins, and flag deviations and emerging risks

• Build tools that make mass status, changes and outstanding inputs easy to follow

• Define data requirements, responsibilities and update routines together with system owners

• Structure component, system and supplier data in engineering databases, documenting sources, assumptions and confidence levels

• Review, update and validate the mass estimation and surrogate models used in sizing loops, including their uncertainty and limits of applicability

WHAT YOU BRING

• Current studies in aerospace, mechanical or systems engineering or a related discipline

• A strong interest in aircraft design, mass estimation and how aircraft systems interact

• Confidence with Python and spreadsheets, and an interest in building practical analysis tools

• The ability to organise incomplete or evolving information and document assumptions clearly

• A hands-on, proactive approach: you spot gaps, propose workable solutions and follow through

• Independence within an agreed scope, combined with clear communication of progress

• Attention to detail and the willingness to challenge inconsistent data or unsupported assumptions
  
  
  Moreover, it would be helpful if you also
  
  

• have worked with databases or regression analysis

• know your way around Git

• have used CAD mass properties or configuration management tools

WHAT WE OFFER

• Full-scale aerospace engineering, not concept slides

• A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn

• Real ownership and flat hierarchies: a modern startup culture where your input shapes decisions, not just execution

• Flexible working hours, remote work, and competitive compensation

• Health & wellbeing: EGYM Wellpass membership and subsidized lunch in our canteen

• Office extras: espresso coffee, fresh fruit, and soft drinks, plus regular team and company events, and plenty more once you're on board